Most corporate professionals don’t fail at business creation. Summary:✔️Why the “usual” business-building model looks fast but burns people out.✔️What it really takes to go fast (and why it’s not for everyone).✔️The power of regulating your nervous system while you build. I explored why in Why the “Usual” Path Loses Corporate Professionals Before They Even Begin. And […]
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“Based on what you know about me, who am I at my core?” Summary: Ever wondered what ChatGPT really thinks of you? I asked it who I am “at my core.” Spoiler: I got both Mr. Wonderful and Work-in-Progress. Sonja Price, a colleague, issued this challenge to her friends on LinkedIn. I decided to try […]
The Real Reason Corporate Professionals Stall Out Summary: This article explores why many corporate professionals leaving 9-to-5 jobs to create their own businesses stall out before they even begin. It shows how nervous system overwhelm, not lack of ambition, is the real barrier. And it introduces an alternative: building a business at the pace of […]
The guy was standing there naked, filling his water bottle. Right in front of a sign that said: “This Is A Relaxation Zone.” Then he startled me by asking, “What’s the latest on the Middle East?” We were at a Korean spa. I was sitting a few feet away in the lounge area—fully dressed, freshly […]
For me, it started in impossibility. I’m a first-generation American, French Canadian origin.My parents grew up in rural Quebec. Neither of them finished high school.College wasn’t just far away—it wasn’t even something we talked about. Then I got to 9th grade in a Washington DC suburb.And suddenly—college was everywhere.SATs. Campus visits. My classmates were already […]
The story behind the shift (and what she’s building).
Every Sunday afternoon, it would start—the tightening in my chest. The afternoon, my stomach joining in. By bedtime, my jaw clenched. This was more than 10 years ago. I was back in a frontline consulting role after several years in an internal one. I wanted to return to the wilds, thinking it would be easy. […]
Roger Federer told the Dartmouth Class of 2024: Negative energy is wasted energy. And look—I want to agree. He’s a legend. His backhand has been described as a work of art. Yes, his speech is full of incredible wisdom. [You can watch the full thing on YouTube, 25 mins] But a friend shared this Instagram reel of his speech where he […]
It was 6:30am and I wasn’t fully awake. I was pedaling on the stationary bike when I heard it. “Wait–did they really just say that?“ I caught myself looking around the busy gym—like, did anyone else hear that? On Maureen Wiley Clough’s It Gets Late Early podcast, she and guest Bradley Richardson brought humor and […]
I was at a fireside chat recently on what makes a winning startup founder. One of the panelists—a serial founder turned VC—outlined the three stages of building a business: 🏢 Phase 1: Product-market fit🏢 Phase 2: Growth🏢 Phase 3: Scale He explained that each phase calls for a different type of leadership. And for Phase 1? “You need […]